{"id":1173,"date":"2026-05-25T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:37:13","slug":"the-best-local-book-events-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1173","title":{"rendered":"The best local book events this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span><i>All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>TUESDAY<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Codie Crowley<\/b> (\u201cBody Count\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Alyssa Alessi <\/b>(\u201cBeyond And Within: Stories of Latin America Anthology\u201d) at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Maria Tatar<\/b> (\u201cArachnomania: Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Charlie Tyson<\/b> at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Lindsey Danis<\/b> (\u201c(Out) on the Road: The Radical Joy of Queer Travel\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Milo Todd<\/b> (\u201cThe Lilac People\u201d) at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books\u2019 Cambridge location (Reservation is required).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Laura Garden<\/b> (\u201cQueenslander\u201d) celebrates the release of her book at 7 p.m. at Silver Unicorn Books.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span><b>WEDNESDAY <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Lois Cahall <\/b>(\u201cMaybe Marilyn\u201d)celebrates the release of her book at 6:30 p.m. at Titcomb\u2019s Book Shop (Reservation is required).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Barry Walters<\/b> (\u201cMighty Real\u201d) is in conversation with Stephan Pennington at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Eric Jay Dolin<\/b> (\u201cWreck of the Mentor\u201d) presents his book at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books\u2019 Cambridge location (Reservation is required).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>THURSDAY <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Edward Arenson<\/b> (\u201cFeathers in the Wind: A Cancer Doctor Discovers Birding and Rediscovers Himself\u201d) signs copies of his book at 11 a.m. at Titcomb\u2019s Book Shop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Cat Fitzpatrick<\/b> (\u201cThe Dinner Party\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Andrea Lawlor<\/b> (\u201cPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\u201d) at 7 p.m. at All She Wrote Books (Tickets are available on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Ayelet Waldman<\/b> (\u201cA Perfect Hand\u201d) is in conversation with <b>J. Courtney Sullivan<\/b> (\u201cCommencement\u201d) at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith (Reservation is suggested).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Monica Ferrell<\/b>, <b>Bianca Stone<\/b> (\u201cThe Near and Distant World\u201d), and <b>Craig Morgan Teicher<\/b> (\u201cAugust, September, October\u201d) read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop (Tickets start at $5).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Katie DeBonville <\/b>(\u201cGrace Notes\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Matthew Principe<\/b> at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books\u2019 Cambridge location (Reservation is required). <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>FRIDAY <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Atima Omara<\/b> (\u201cThe Instigators \u2014 How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy\u201d) presents her book at 6 p.m. at Just Book-ish (Reservation is required).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Rachel Karp<\/b> (\u201cThe Lesbian Bar Chronicles\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Carina Traub<\/b> at 7 p.m. at Belmont Books.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Katherine Center<\/b> (\u201cThe Shippers\u201d) celebrates the release of her book at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church (Tickets are $37.74 and include a copy of the book).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><b>SATURDAY<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Rachel Karp<\/b> (\u201cThe Lesbian Bar Chronicles\u201d) celebrates the release of her book at 4 p.m. at Dani\u2019s Queer Bar (Tickets start at $7).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Senator Chris Murphy<\/b> (\u201cCrisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America\u201d) is in conversation with <b>Heather Cox Richardson<\/b> (\u201cDemocracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America\u201d) at First Parish Church (Tickets start at $21.99).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1172\">This week\u2019s TV: The American Music Awards, Nicolas Cage in \u2018Spider-Noir,\u2019 and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1170\">Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican\u2019s role in legitimizing slavery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1168\">Democrats feud over stock trading as they sharpen anti-corruption case against Trump<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the best local author readings and discussions from May 24-30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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